NiteKreeper wrote:Residual voltage in the needle coil, possibly from a bad capacitor?

Yeah I'm really not sure, but I'll mention this to the technician, cheers!

It does this weird thing where it staggers/jitters back down to normal position when it feels like doing it. Once it goes out of whack though, it will stay that way until I cycle the ignition. The bike has only done 5500km so I doubt I have worn it out lol.

This has started happening to my bike since the 60,000km service and getting worse. Just yesterday the needle cycled when ignition switched on and stuck around 10,000rpm. On start-up it was reading over 11,000 and into no mans land when revved.
Service tech is going to look into it. Even a repair option would be would be fine and sure cheaper than buying a new dash, as warranty is 10 months expired.